The PlotBouchard has been piling up the accomplishments since last year, her greatest result being, of course, her run to the semifinals of the Australian Open, which wasn't only her first Grand Slam semifinal - it was just the second time ever that a Canadian had reached a Grand Slam semifinal, after Carling Bassett-Seguso did it at the US Open back in 1984. After Australia, Bouchard broke the Top 20 - just the third Canadian woman ever to reach the Top 20, after Bassett-Seguso and Helen Kelesi.

But there was one thing missing - a WTA title. And that was probably on the Canadian's mind.

The Turning PointThere was actually one very big turning point in the match - leading 6-2, 4-2, Bouchard looked headed for a routine straight set victory, but Pliskova reeled off four games in a row to snatch the second set right from under her. But the No.1-seeded Bouchard regrouped very well in the third, never falling behind to close out the unseeded Czech in three sets in an hour and 53 minutes, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

By The NumbersBouchard was just a little bit better in just about every department. Apart from ace-to-double fault ratio (Pliskova was 7-1, Bouchard was 3-4) the Canadian came out on top in every category, from first serve points won (67% compared to 63%) all the way to second serve return points won (67% to 59%).

An even bigger stat is that Bouchard is just the second Canadian in the last 26 years to win a WTA title - since 1988, only she and Aleksandra Wozniak have done it (Wozniak won Stanford in 2008).

Quotes"Today it was important to just keep at it," Bouchard said. "She's a great player, and she can be very dangerous at times, so I'm really glad I stayed with it and kept fighting for it during the third set.

"This is kind of like a stepping stone for me. Winning a WTA title is of course a goal I've had, and I'm so happy to accomplish it, but I still want to achieve more - more titles, bigger titles - so this is a step in the right direction, and it's part of the dream, but I want to move forward and keep going from here.

"I love Nürnberg. This city will always be special to me because it's where I won my first title."